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This.

"What such episodes reveal is a pathology in the social body, and the desperate need for a new ethic of privacy."

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"Leaking, doxing, spying on private citizens on Reddit, on private Facebook groups, on X, on Instagram, on TikTok — regardless of the moral quality of the subjects under consideration — hurts everyone. Because it makes everyone subject to this omnipresent, collectivized panopticon, and the more these images circulate, the more normal it becomes."

https://unherd.com/2025/07/the-sadist-assault-on-the-coldplay-couple/

Globe99 6mo ago

"Group chats, dating apps, emails — or in Byron’s and Cabot’s case, simply being in public with no intention to be filmed — should not be subject to public judgement."

-- we're mushing together a few things here. First, "being in public" isn't "subject to public judgement"? "Public" is right there in the name. People in positions of authority especially don't get to walk around in some "anonymity bubble." Wear a mask if you're that worried about it. Works for ICE agents!

The other parts -- OK there is a little more expectation of privacy here, particularly it's reasonable to blame someone for leaking a group chat or email that has a reasonable expectation of being private. Dating app profile is a bit iffy. You're kinda putting yourself out into the world with that one.

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